TMJ & Sleep Therapy Centre of Vancouver

Dr. Lara Perel-Panar, DDS

Dr. Lara Perel-Panar has been a practicing general dentist running a vibrant trauma informed, whole body approach practice in Vancouver ever since she graduated from USC school of Dentistry in Los Angeles. She is mentored by world renowned dentists such as Dr. Steven Olmos and Dr. Theodore Belfor and uses many different modalities to treat TMD, airway and sleep disordered breathing in adults and children- giving patients back their quality of life. Dr. Lara has spent extensive hours training and continuing her education. She is currently a Breathe institute ambassador and affiliate candidate. She is a candidate for fellowship with the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain and is also in the process of completing her Board certification with the American Board of Craniofacial Pain and the American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Lara takes time to listen to her patients and get down to the root cause of their symptoms. She believes that optimizing how we breathe and how we sleep is imperative to our health and longevity. She is excited to be working alongside Vancouver’s most experienced dentists in this field and does not take the privilege of learning from these giants lightly.

Dr. Edmund Liem, DDS, D.A.B.C.P., D.I.B.O., D.A.A.P.M., D.C.A.P.M., F.I.A.O., F.A.A.C.P., F.I.C.C.M.O., C.A.A.F.O, ABCDSM

Dr. Edmund Liem has been in general dentistry for 31 years. He graduated in January 1979 from the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. He went in private general practice in the city of Nijmegen till 1994. He moved to Canada in 1994 and is in general practice in the city of Chilliwack, BC, Canada. Since then he pursued his interest in Orthodontics, TMD and Sleep Disordered Breathing; to learn and stay up to date he has spent more than 2000 hours of continuing education on the topics of Orthodontics, Orofacial Pain and Sleep Disordered Breathing.

HONORS:
Diplomate, American Board of Craniofacial Pain
Diplomate, International Board of Orthodontics
Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management
Diplomate, Canadian Academy of Pain Management
Fellow, International Association of Orthodontics
Fellow, American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
Fellow, International College of Cranio Mandibular Orthopedics
Certified, American Association for Functional Orthodontics
Master Instructor, International Association of Orthodontics